Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 710 Franklin residents from December 31 to January 3, the Township Office of Emergency Management said on January 3. Another 329 positive test results were reported on December 31, 172 positive test results were reported on January 1, 148 positive test results were reported on January 2 and 61 positive test results …

Franklin High School students will be among those in the district who will switch to remote learning on January 4. The upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the township during December has led some schools in the Eight Villages to alter their reopening plans for the Spring. There were more than 500 positive test results for Franklin residents reported during the …

High School students will return to school on a minimum session schedule January 3. Students in the district’s three largest schools will start the New Year off on minimum sessions, due to a staffing shortage caused by an uptick in positive Covid-19 cases. The minimum sessions are expected to last until January 17, according to a message from district officials.

Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois is the Franklin Reporter & Advocate Woman of the Year. When she won re-election to her current term as an At-Large member of the Township Council, Kimberly Francois said she was determined to see the construction and opening of the Franklin Township Youth Center through in the coming four years. “I’m going to see that all …

The county-operated senior wellness centers are temporarily closed for in-person programs. Management is continuing to assess when it will be safe to reopen. Click here to view the January calendar of virtual programs.

Joyce Shamy passed away on December 28 at Penn Medicine Princeton Health in Plainsboro. She was 85 years old. Mrs. Shamy was born in Detroit and lived there as a young girl. She attended high school in Miami and was married shortly thereafter. She and her husband, Edward moved to the Somerset section of Franklin Township where the young couple …

Donna Hutchinson passed away on December 27 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 61. Mrs. Hutchinson was born in New Brunswick and resided for many years in Franklin Township. She also lived in Perth Amboy, Woodbridge and Parlin . Mrs. Hutchinson enjoyed trips to Myrtle Beach and Atlantic City with her husband. She was the true matriarch of …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 202 Franklin residents, the Township Office of Emergency Management said on December 30. That brings to 8,891 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, the township Office of Emergency Management reported. The deaths of 219 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM …

Township officials hope that the new Franklin Township Youth Center will soon be bustling with activity. There are still some final touches to be applied, equipment to be mounted and other last-minute details to be attended to, but the new Franklin Township Youth Center is nearly ready for its close-up. The 24,000-square-foot, $9.8 million youth center on Lewis Street will …

By Mayor Phil Kramer, MD. Yesterday, December 28, the Franklin Township Council passed a mandate to wear masks when indoors at places of business to save lives by helping reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the two predominant variants, Delta and Omicron.